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Definition of Grisliest
1. grisly [adj] - See also: grisly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grisliest
Literary usage of Grisliest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens (1908)
"But, aware at the instant of a fine opening for a point, Mr. Boffin quenched that
observation in this—-delivered in the grisliest growling of the regular ..."
2. Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of His Noble by Thomas Malory, Alfred William Pollard, William Caxton (1903)
"... a window with the grisliest groan that ever I heard man make. Now farewell,
Dame Elaine, said Sir Bors, and hold my lord Arthur with a tale as long as ..."
3. The Contemporary Review (1875)
"... in his wretchedness, the memory of all that makes life sweet, and the yearning
for it. Moreover—and this is perhaps the grisliest feature of the legend— ..."
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